Dunt
/dʌnt/noun
A dull blow, удар, or heavy thudding sound; also to strike with such force.
Did you know?Dunt is a surviving dialectal form of Old English dynt, a word for a blow or stroke that also produced the modern word “dint.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*duntiz
“A blow or striking impact; a reconstructed Germanic form, possibly echoic in origin.”
Old English
OE
dynt
“A blow, stroke, or violent impact.”
Middle English
ME
dunt
“A blow, knock, or thudding sound.”
Middle English
ME
dint
“A blow or stroke; a variant form that later developed the sense of an impression made by force.”
Modern English
English
dunt
“A dull blow or thump, chiefly preserved in regional and dialectal usage.”